Waterdrop Inc.

WDHdata completeness 100%5 fiscal years on file

Data notes: no data for concept 'interestExpense'

The thesis, from the filings

Waterdrop Inc. earns about -0% on invested capital, below its ~9% cost of capital, but has diluted owners by 24% over 5 years — no moat visible in the numbers. The applicable estimate puts fair value near $0.13 a share.Whether it’s worth owning at today’s price is the last question — and yours to answer, below.

i. The business — what you’d actually own
FigureFY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$503.1M1$406.2M2$370.5M3$379.7M4$568.8M5
Net income−$247M6$88.1M7$23.1M8$48.1M9$80.8M10
Operating cash flow−$172.1M11$111M12$57.3M13$59.9M14$34.9M15
Capital expenditure$5.6M16$1.72M17$1.91M18$29.9M19$4.24M20
Free cash flow (derived)−$177.7M11$109.3M12$55.4M13$30M14$30.6M15
Total debt$19.4M21$27.2M22$6.72M23
Cash & equivalents$128.3M24$228.2M25$55.9M26$135.1M27$69.1M28
Diluted shares2.99B4.02B3.88B3.72B3.71B

Superscripts are receipts. Each links to the SEC filing the number came from (full list at the bottom).

ii. Your slice — ownership made literal
If you owned
shares
Net assets behind them
$1.98
your share of equity
Profit it earned you last year
$0.22
Free cash flow it threw off
$0.08
Debt you’d be carrying
$0.02

10 shares is a claim on $1.98 of net worth that earned you $0.22 and generated $0.08 of cash last year, against $0.02 of debt.

iii. Is this a good business?
Moat signal · return on invested capital
-0% avg · 5y
FY21 -45%FY22 19%FY23 4%FY24 9%FY25 12%

It earned about -0% on invested capital against a ~9% cost of capital — below the cost of funding. The numbers show no moat.

seeing a moat in the numbers →
Management signal · capital allocation
+24% shares · 5y

Share count is up 24% over 5 years — owners have been diluted. Worth asking what they got for it. Total debt has fallen 65% — deleveraging.

reading capital allocation →

Signals, not verdicts — read from the filings above. Numbers don’t prove a moat; they show its footprint. You decide.

iv. What it’s worth — engine v0.1.0
DCF · Growth Exit 10Y
$0.13
assumptions (10)
  • riskFreeRate4.7%
  • equityRiskPremium5.0%
  • beta100.0%
  • equityWeight85.0%
  • costOfDebtSpread1.5%
  • taxRate21.0%
  • terminalGrowth2.5%
  • projectionYears10
  • fcfGrowth0.0%
  • fcfBase$30.6M
DCF · Growth Exit 5Y
$0.13
assumptions (10)
  • riskFreeRate4.7%
  • equityRiskPremium5.0%
  • beta100.0%
  • equityWeight85.0%
  • costOfDebtSpread1.5%
  • taxRate21.0%
  • terminalGrowth2.5%
  • projectionYears5
  • fcfGrowth0.0%
  • fcfBase$30.6M
Earnings Power Value
$0.13
assumptions (8)
  • riskFreeRate4.7%
  • equityRiskPremium5.0%
  • beta100.0%
  • equityWeight85.0%
  • costOfDebtSpread1.5%
  • taxRate21.0%
  • normalizedEarnings$48.1M
  • growthAssumed0.0%
Graham Number
$0.3
assumptions (1)
  • grahamMultiplier2250.0%

Different models answer different questions — which to trust when →

v. The price question — last, on purpose
Is today’s price fair?
See live price ↗
Type a price. The ledger answers.
Or set your own belief
FCF growth, next 5 years0.0%
Discount rate (WACC)8.93%
Terminal growth2.5%
At your growth, a share is worth $0.13
The three cases
Bear0.0%$0.13
Base0.0%$0.13
Bull5.0%$0.16

Bear/base/bull growth = 0% / filed history / history + 5pp. Type a price to see the return each case implies.

Default growth 0.0%= this company’s own filed history (median-to-median FCF CAGR, clamped 0–20%). Your adjustments are recorded anonymously. They become the “what do owners actually believe” dataset.

Sources — the receipts
  1. 20-F · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0001193125-22-127542 (RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax)
  2. 20-F · period ending 2022-12-31 · accession 0001193125-23-102905 (RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax)
  3. 20-F · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001104659-24-051464 (RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax)
  4. 20-F · period ending 2024-12-31 · accession 0001410578-25-000891 (RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax)
  5. 20-F · period ending 2025-12-31 · accession 0001104659-26-049772 (RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax)
  6. 20-F · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0001193125-22-127542 (NetIncomeLoss)
  7. 20-F · period ending 2022-12-31 · accession 0001193125-23-102905 (NetIncomeLoss)
  8. 20-F · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001104659-24-051464 (ProfitLoss)
  9. 20-F · period ending 2024-12-31 · accession 0001410578-25-000891 (ProfitLoss)
  10. 20-F · period ending 2025-12-31 · accession 0001104659-26-049772 (ProfitLoss)
  11. 20-F · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0001193125-22-127542 (NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities)
  12. 20-F · period ending 2022-12-31 · accession 0001193125-23-102905 (NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities)
  13. 20-F · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001104659-24-051464 (NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities)
  14. 20-F · period ending 2024-12-31 · accession 0001410578-25-000891 (NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities)
  15. 20-F · period ending 2025-12-31 · accession 0001104659-26-049772 (NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities)
  16. 20-F · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0001193125-22-127542 (PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment)
  17. 20-F · period ending 2022-12-31 · accession 0001193125-23-102905 (PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment)
  18. 20-F · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001104659-24-051464 (PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment)
  19. 20-F · period ending 2024-12-31 · accession 0001410578-25-000891 (PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment)
  20. 20-F · period ending 2025-12-31 · accession 0001104659-26-049772 (PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment)
  21. 20-F · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001104659-24-051464 (ShortTermBorrowings)
  22. 20-F · period ending 2024-12-31 · accession 0001410578-25-000891 (ShortTermBorrowings)
  23. 20-F · period ending 2025-12-31 · accession 0001104659-26-049772 (ShortTermBorrowings)
  24. 20-F · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0001193125-22-127542 (CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue)
  25. 20-F · period ending 2022-12-31 · accession 0001193125-23-102905 (CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue)
  26. 20-F · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001104659-24-051464 (CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue)
  27. 20-F · period ending 2024-12-31 · accession 0001410578-25-000891 (CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue)
  28. 20-F · period ending 2025-12-31 · accession 0001104659-26-049772 (CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue)